Artificial bait.



F. L. CAMPBELL.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION HLED SEPT-20. 1916.

1 ,267,627. Patented May 28,1918.

I i. I. CAMPBELL, O1 DELAW, 1-1.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

Specification ofletters Patent.

Patented the as, leis.

Application filed September an, new. Serial no. 121,225.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it hown that I, FRANKLIN L. CAMP- BELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Delaware, in the county of Delaware and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Artificial Bait, of'which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a bait hook, and

.more particularly to the class of artificial baits for fishing hooks.

The primary object oi the invention is the provision of a bait of this character wherein the body thereof is freely flexible and is connected at one point thereof to the hook so that the said body will wiggle when immer ed in water to resemble a species of water 11g having life, such as a hellgrammite.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a bait of this character wherein the same will have motion to simulate a hellgrammite when cast into the'water, the bait being novel in form. so that it can be made by stamping out the same with the use of a. die.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a bait of this character which is designed particularly for light casting for bass and other game fish.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a bait of this character which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efiicient in its purpose, strong, durable, readily and easily made with despatch and inexpensive of manufacture.

' Gther objects will be in part obvious and in part hereinafter set forth.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of elements and-arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in th appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is an elevation of a fishing hook, showing the artificial bait constructed in accordance with the invention applied thereto;

3 is an edge elevation; and

Fig. 2 is a similar view looking toward the opposite side of the same;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line H of Fig. 1.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A designates a fishing hook adapted for use 1n light casting and upon which is mounted the artificial bait hereinafter fully described. The artificial bait comprises a body 5 preferably made from flexible rubber cut into elongated contour, with the substantially crescent shaped head 6 and tail 7 respec tively, while the side edges of the body 5 are corrugated, as at 8, so that the body resembles a hellgrammite. The inner face of the said body 5 is covered with a fabric 9 which reinforces the said body without destroying the free flexibility thereof.

The body 5, near the head thereof, is fastened to the hook A near the eye end 10 of the same through the medium of heavy linen thread 11, waxed and slightly she1- lacked, the thread being tied and out in a manner to form a plurality of legs 12, as shown.

The thread 11 also fixes to the shank of y the hook A. a depending hanger 13 prefer ably made from catgut and to which is loosely connected a triple hook 14 which carries a feather 15, as usual. The main or primary hook A with the triple hook 14 carried thereb when cast into the water, immerges the ody 15 simulating the hellgrammite and by reason of the flexibility of the body the same will wiggle in the water anlcll serve as a bait for bass and other game It will be noted that the head and the major portion of the body are free from the main or primary hook A to assure free flexibility thereof. It is of course understood that the body 5 canbe made from rubber vulcanized and having the shape hereinbefore set forth.

From the foregoing description, taken in eomeetien with the eccompenyieg drawing, tieiiy eeeeeemt-shepefl hee ci end tail end else the construction and mode of use of the corrugated side eflges, the means of connecherein described artificial bait will be reedtion between the body and hook having tetiiy apparent end, therefore, at more extended minai projections stiffened to project beyond 15 5 e71 lenetien has been omitted. the bedly plane to indicate legs, e hanger evisng thus described my invention,. 1 connected at the point of connection of the ehim'. body and hook, and. a triple hook loosely An ertificiel bait, comprising an elongated eeeneeted to the hanger. body made from flexible materiel and odept- In testimony whereof I efiix my signeture 20 30 ed to be cemected at one point to the hook, in presence of two Witnesses.

the said body being formed with e substen- FRANKL N L. CAMPBELL. 

